1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1887–88 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup	Second Round

Season 1887–88 was the 15th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 15th time.

Overview

Following an easy first round victory, Dumbarton were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the second round stage by their old rivals Vale of Leven.^[1]

In the Dumbartonshire Cup, it was a similar story, with an easy win in the second round followed by a defeat by Renton in the third round.

A good win in the first round of the Glasgow Charity Cup against 3rd LRV brought some cheer, but Cambuslang were to prove too strong in the semi final replay, after a 1-1 draw.

Dumbarton's fixture list during the season grew to its biggest so far with 44 'other' matches being played. This included home and away ties against Rangers, Hibernian, Vale of Leven, Partick Thistle, Morton, Port Glasgow and 3rd LRV, a match against Renfreshire Cup holders Abercorn, and a 4 match tour of the north of Scotland during the New Year holidays. In addition 6 matches were played against English opposition with mixed results. In all, of these games, 23 were won, 4 drawn and 17 lost, scoring 135 goals and conceding 102.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 1887	R1	Dunbritton	H	10-0	unknown
24 September 1887	R2	Vale of Leven	H	1-5	Aitken	3,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 November 1887	R2	Methlan Park	H	9-0	unknown
10 December 1887	R3	Renton	A	0-1

Glasgow Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
25 April 1888	R1	3rd LRV	A	5-0	Madden(2);Dewar;OG;unknown	2,000
4 May 1888	SF	Cambuslang	A	1-1	unknown	2,000
9 May 1888	SFr	Cambuslang	A	0-3		1,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1887	Dundee Wanderers	A	5-1	unknown
20 August 1887	St Bernard's	A	4-5	Robertson;Jamieson(2);OG
23 August 1887	Shettleston	A	2-1	Keir(2)
25 August 1887	Northern	H	5-1	Bell;Low;Lapsley;Jamieson;unknown
27 August 1887	Queen's Park	A	3-5	Aitken;Jamieson;Bell	4,000
3 September 1887	Mauchline	H	8-1	Bell(4);Mair;Lapsley;Jamieson;unknown
10 September 1887	Hibernian	H	4-2	Jamieson;Bell;Low;Aitken
17 September 1887	Rangers	A	3-2	Jamieson;Aitken;Lapsley	1,000
1 October 1887	Albion Rovers	H	7-2	Aitken(2);Bell(3);Low;Lindsay	1,000
8 October 1887	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-2	Aitken(2)	2,000
15 October 1887	Partick Thistle	A	3-4	Jamieson(2);Aitken
22 October 1887	Motherwell	A	1-1	MacPherson
29 October 1887	Athenians	H	8-1	Mair(2);Bell(2);Jamieson;Aitken;Lapsley;unknown
5 November 1887	Clyde	A	2-1	Jamieson;unknown	2,000
12 November 1887	Vale of Leven	H	2-2	Dewar;unknown	2,000
3 December 1887	Morton	H	0-4
17 December 1887	Morton	A	5-0	Aitken;Bell;Dewar;unknown(2)
24 December 1887	Port Glasgow	H	4-0	unknown
31 December 1887	Dundee Wanderers	A	5-4	Dewar;Lapsley;OG;unknown(2)	2,000
2 January 1888	Arbroath	A	3-2	unknown
3 January 1888	Montrose	A	5-1	unknown
4 January 1888	Aberdeen	A	12-3	Bell(2);Aitken;Low(2);Dewar;Barr;OG;unknown(4)
7 January 1888	Hibernian	A	1-5	Bell
14 January 1888	Clyde	A	1-3	Dewar
21 January 1888	St Mirren	A	0-1
4 February 1888	Cowlairs	H	5-0	Bell(2);Madden;Lapsley;Dewar
11 February 1888	3rd LRV	A	1-2	Lapsley
18 February 1888	3rd LRV	H	3-1	Galbraith;McMillan;Lapsley
25 February 1888	Kings Park	A	4-2	unknown
3 March 1888	Vale of Leven	A	3-1	Bell(3)	4,000
10 March 1888	Rangers	H	4-4	Aitken(2);Bell;Dewar	3,000
22 March 1888	Montrose	A	4-3	unknown	2,500
24 March 1888	Grangemouth	A	3-1	unknown
30 March 1888	Preston North End	A	0-7		7,000
31 March 1888	Burnley	A	2-1	Low;unknown	5,000
2 April 1888	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Lapsley	6,000
4 April 1888	Aston Villa	A	1-4	unknown
7 April 1888	Queen's Park	A	2-6	Aitken;unknown	2,000
14 April 1888	Cowlairs	A	0-2		1,000
21 April 1888	Partick Thistle	H	1-2	Low
27 April 1888	Preston North End	H	0-1		4,000
28 April 1888	Hearts	A	2-1	Dewar;unknown
5 May 1888	Abercorn	A	2-3	Low(2)
19 May 1888	Port Glasgow	A	2-5	unknown

Player statistics

Squad^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		McLuskie	2	0	2	0
	DF		R D Hunter	2	0	2	0
	DF		Duncan Stewart	2	0	2	0
	MF		J Dennett	1	0	1	0
	MF		Leitch Keir	2	0	2	0
	MF		McNee	1	0	1	0
	MF		Peter Miller	2	0	2	0
	FW		Ralph Aitken	1	1	1	1
	FW		John Bell	2	0	2	0
	FW		R Jamieson	2	0	2	0
	FW		William Lapsley	2	0	2	0
	FW		J Low	2	0	2	0
	FW		Hugh Mair	1	0	1	0

International Caps

An international trial match was played on 18 February 1888 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1888 British Home Championship. Leitch Keir was selected to take part.

Subsequently, four Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland as follows:

- Geordie Dewar and Duncan Stewart earned their first caps and Ralph Aitken earned his second cap against Ireland. Both Dewar and Aitken scored in the 10-2 win over the Irish.

- Leitch Keir earned his fifth cap against England.

County Caps

Dumbarton players were selected to play in Dumbartonshire representative matches as follows:

Date	Opponent	Result	Players(Goals)
22 October 1887	Lancashire	4-1	Jamieson(1);Keir;Stewart
28 January 1888	Edinburgh	4-1	Aitken(1);Bell(2);Dewar;Hunter
28 January 1888	Renfrewshire	2-1	Lapsley;McMillan
25 March 1888	Lanarkshire	1-4	Low

In addition:

- Leitch Keir was selected to play in a Scots Anglo XI against a Scots Welsh XI on 26 May 1888. The 'English' XI won 4-3.

- Geordie Dewar was selected to play in a Scottish Internationalists XI against Perthshire and Aberdeenshire on 20 and 21 April respectively.

Transfers

Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time were Duncan Stewart and John Bell.
At the same time the club's squad was depleted by the loss four internationalists:
- Robert 'Plumber' Brown and Joe Lindsay moved to local rivals Dumbarton Athletic. James McAulay emigrated to Burma and Billy Robertson also heading for 'pastures new'.
In addition after returning from a short spell with Bolton Wanderers, Jock Hutcheson left the club for the final time.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton were defeated in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup by Vale of Leven.

In the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup competition, Dumbarton lost out in the semi final to Renton.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
10 September 1887	R1	3rd LRV	H	5-0
1 October 1887	R2	Vale of Leven	A	0-4

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
3 December 1887	SF	Renton	A	0-1

Factfile

* The total number of goals scored by Dumbarton in all games during the season was 161. The second season in a row that the 'century' had been broken and beating the previous record set in season 1881-82.
* 112 goals were scored against Dumbarton in all matches - the first time that a 'century' had been conceded during a single season.

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

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[1] Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.

[2] McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

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